St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is recognized as one of the best technical universities in the city. Every year, the educational institution is included in world rankings evaluating the quality of higher education that the university provides. Every year, thousands of applicants come to the Northern capital to try their luck: to enter the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University for programs at all levels of education.
Institutes of SPbSPU
The Humanitarian Institute appeared in the structure of the educational institution in 2012, combining the humanities and law faculties. The Institute offers the following educational areas :
- Sociology;
- Forensics and many others.
Also, the structure of the Humanitarian Institute of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University includes the Higher School in. languages, as well as a center for continuing education.
The Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering was formed a little later: in 2014, on the basis of the Faculty of Engineering and the Hydrotechnical. Today, this institution offers the following areas of training:
- Urban planning;
- Environmental Engineering and others.
Undergraduate programs
To obtain a bachelor's degree, a student is required to successfully overcome 8 sessions, as well as the state exam and defend the final qualification work at the end of the training. In addition, during the educational process, students undergo practical training. This is an important condition for obtaining a bachelor's degree.
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University offers a wide variety of undergraduate educational programs. Among them:
- Radio engineering;
- Metallurgy;
- Personnel Management;
- Law;
- Innovation;
- Technosphere safety and others.
In each direction there are allocated both budget places and tuition fees. Most programs are implemented on a full-time basis. However, training at SPbSPU is also possible in full-time and part-time form, as well as full-time. It is worth mentioning that on these forms of training the number of educational programs is very limited. The lists of applicants to the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, however, show that there are a lot of people who want to study in part-time form. But still the number of full-time seats is always greater.
Master programs
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University offers applicants a large number of master's programs. A complete list can be found at the office. University website in a special section for applicants. For example, the Faculty of Physics offers the following master's programs:
- Physics of space;
- Biophysics;
- Medical nuclear physics and others.
To obtain a master’s degree, the student must pass 4 sessions, the state final exam, and also defend the final qualifying work at the end of the 4th semester. Students are available all 3 forms of training.
For admission to one of the master's programs, an applicant must submit a package of documents within the time period established by the regulatory documents of the university. In addition, the candidate must successfully pass the entrance test. A list of all entrance tests for each area of master's training is available on the website of the Polytechnic University in the section for applicants.
Where to hand over documents?
The selection committee of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is located on 29 Polytechnic Street. Directly next to the institute buildings. Rector of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University A. Rudskoy was appointed Chairman of the selection committee
A separate telephone line has been created for nonresident applicants. All calls are free. The contact details of the selection committee can be clarified on the website of the Polytechnic.
Admission requirements
Passing points at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in the main areas of training are consistently high. For admission to budget places, applicants must try to successfully pass the exam.
For example, in the training area “Mechanical Engineering” in 2017, passing points began at 182 units. In the direction of preparation “Applied Mechanics”, the passing scores were greater than 230.
For admission to the budget places of the Economics direction, the entrant in the past year needed to score more than 253 points.
Lists of applicants to the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University can be tracked on the university’s website in the admissions section. Also separately viewed applications received by mail.
Dormitories
The campus includes 3 hostel complexes of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, which are located near the buildings of the institutes. All university dormitories are completely renovated and brought to the standards of comfortable living. Students are available gyms, modern dining rooms, free Wi-Fi access.
To move into the hostels of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, students need to write an application, as well as submit a list of documents, including a certificate with the results of fluorography. Students studying on a budgetary basis are allocated to places in hostels in the order of priority.
Places are also available for applicants entering the educational programs of St. Petersburg State Pedagogical University. For parents of applicants are provided places of increased comfort with prior notification of the admissions committee.